Esmaeil Alizadeh, Mohammadamin Gorouhi, Leila Shirani Bidabadi, Abbas Aghaei Afshar, Mohadese Ordouni, Faezeh Rohani, Hanane Maleki Azaraki, Yasaman Shafiee,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (Volume 13, No 4 2023)
Abstract
Background: Tarantulas (Camel spiders) are order that belong to classes of arachnida and phylum of arthropoda. They can make a painful bite in human.
Case Report: This paper presents 34 and 40-year-old men with skin reactions in their left legs. After initial examinations, the symptoms were recognized as skin reaction caused by the bite of some nuisance insects. After one day, a lesion including 2 red dots appeared on the patient's leg. After a few hours, skin lesions were observed in both patient, and by washing with soap and water after 7 days, the symptoms completely disappeared and the bite improved.
Conclusion: Increasing awareness among physicians, about the symptoms of this nuisance insects can help to accelerate treatment process.
